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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [60 STAT. Consultation. (5) the Provisional Government of Poland and the Government of the United States agree to afford each other adequate opportunity for consultation regarding the matters mentioned above, and the Pro- visional Government of Poland, recognizing that it is the normal practice of the Government of the United States to make public com- prehensive information concerning its international economic rela- tions, agrees to make available to the Government of the United States full information, similar in scope and character to that nor- mally made public by the United States, concerning the international economic relations of Poland. The Government of the United States undertakes herewith to honor and to discharge faithfully the obligations which relate to the United States specified in points (1) through (5) above, and would be pleased to receive a parallel undertaking from the Provisional Government of Poland with respect to those obligations specified in points (1) through (5) above which relate to Poland. Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest con- sideration. DEAN ACHESON HActing Secretary of State His Excellency OSKAR LANGE, Ambassador of Poland. The PolishAmbassador to the Secretary of State AMBASADA R.P. W WASZYNGTONIM APRIL 24, 1946. SIR, The receipt is acknowledged, on behalf of the Provisional Govern- ment of Poland of your note of April 24, 1946, reading as follows: "The Government of the United States, desirous of aiding the people of Poland in their efforts to repair war damages and to re- construct the Polish economy, expresses its satisfaction at the success- ful conclusion of the negotiations concerning the opening of credits of forty (40) million dollars to the Provisional Government of Po- land by the Export-Import Bank of Washington, D. C., and the satisfactory conclusion of arrangements for extending credits up to fifty (50) million dollars for the purchase by Poland of United States surplus property held abroad. "The Government of the United States hopes that these agree- ments will prove to be the first step toward durable and mutually beneficial economic and financial cooperation between the Govern- ments of the two countries. It believes, however, that such coopera- tion can develop fully only if (1) a general framework is established within which economic relations between Poland and the United States can be effectively organized on the basis of principles set forth in Article VII of the 1610

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